STANDARDS FOR MATHEMATICAL CONTENT-UNIT5-AREA

AND VOLUME.
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area,
and volume.

MGSE6.G.1 Find area of right triangles, other triangles, quadrilaterals, and

polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other
shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and
mathematical problems.

MGSE6.G.2 Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional edge
lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction edge lengths
(1/2 u), and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the
edge lengths of the prism. Apply the formulas V = (length) x (width) x (height) and
V= (area of base) x (height) to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with
fractional edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical
problems.

MGSE6.G.4 Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made up of rectangles

and triangles, and use the nets to find the surface area of these figures. Apply these
techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

BIG IDEAS

The area of irregular and regular polygons can be found by decomposing the
polygon into rectangles and triangles.
Manipulatives and the construction of nets may be used in computing the
surface area of rectangular and triangular prisms, and volume of right
rectangular prisms.
Formulas may be used to compute the areas of polygons and volumes of right
rectangular prisms.
Appropriate units of measure should be used when computing the area (square
units) of polygons, surface area (square units) and volume of prisms (cubic
units).
Views of rectangular and triangular prisms may be interpreted and sketched to
provide a 2-dimensional representation (nets) of a three dimensional figure.
Dimensions of solid figures may have fractional lengths.

 The volume of a solid figure is the number of same sized cubes filling the space
so that there are no gaps and overlaps.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

How can we find the area of figures?

How can we cut and rearrange irregular polygons in order to find their area?
How can we use one figure to determine the area of another?
How do we measure the area of a shape without a formula for that shape?
How are the areas of geometric figures related to each other?
How can I use manipulatives and nets to help compute the surface areas of
rectangular and triangular prisms?
What kinds of problems can be solved using surface areas of rectangular and
triangular prisms?
How can I interpret and sketch views of rectangular and triangular prisms?
How can I use formulas to determine the volume of right rectangular prisms?
How can I determine the appropriate units of measure that should be used when
computing the volume and surface area of prisms?
What kinds of problems can be solved using volumes of fundamental solid
figures?
In what ways can I measure the volume of a rectangular prism with fractional
edge lengths?

CONCEPTS & SKILLS TO MAINTAIN

number sense
computation with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, including
application of order of operations
multiplication and division of fractions
formulas for finding area, surface area and volume
area measures in square units and volume measures in cubic units

properties of polygons, 2-D, and 3-D shapes

UNIT 5-AREA AND VOLUME VOCABULARY CONCEPTS-INTRODUCTION

Area: The number of square units it takes to completely fill a space or

surface.

Bases of a Prism: The two faces formed by congruent polygons that lie in
parallel planes, all of the other faces being parallelograms.

Composing: Composing is putting two or more geometric figures.

Cubic Units: Volume of the solids is measured in Cubic Units.

Dimension: a measure of spatial length; a linear measurement

Decomposing: subdividing a polygon

Edge: The intersection of a pair of faces in a three-dimensional figure.

Equilateral Triangle: A triangle which has all three of its sides equal in
length.

Face: One of the polygons that makes up a polyhedron.

Fractional edge length: The length of each edge of the cube is a fraction.

Isosceles Triangle: A triangle which has two of its sides equal in length.

Kite: A quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of equal adjacent sides.

A kite-shaped figure.

Lateral Faces: In a prism, a face that is not a base of the figure.

Net: A two-dimensional figure that, when folded, forms the surfaces of a

three-dimensional object.

Parallelogram: A quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel.

Polygon: A number of coplanar line segments, each connected end to end

to form a closed shape. A regular polygon has all sides equal and all interior
angles equal. An irregular polygon sides are not all the same length nor does
the interior angles have the same measure.

Polyhedron: A 3-dimensional figure that has polygons as faces.

Prism: A polyhedron with two parallel and congruent faces, called bases,
and all other faces that are parallelograms.

Quadrilaterals: Four coplanar line segments linked end to end to create a

closed figure.
A 4-sided polygon.

Rectangle: A 4-sided polygon where all interior angles are 90.

Rectangular prism: A solid (3-dimensional) object which has six faces that
are rectangles.

Rhombus: A quadrilateral with all four sides equal in length.

Right Triangle: A triangle where one of its interior angles is a right angle
(90 degrees).

Right rectangular prism: In a right prism, the lateral faces are each
perpendicular to the bases.

Scalene Triangle: A triangle where all three sides are different in length.

Square: A quadrilateral that has four right angles and four equal sides.

Surface area: The total area of the 2-dimensional surfaces that make up a
3-dimensional object.

Trapezoid: A quadrilateral which has at least one pair of parallel sides.

Triangles: A closed figure consisting of three line segments linked end-toend.

A 3-sided polygon

Triangular prism: A prism whose bases are triangles. A solid (3dimensional object what has five faces: three rectangles and two bases.

Vertices: The common endpoint of two or more rays or line segments

Volume: The amount of space occupied by an object.

Volume of a Prism: The area of a base times the height. The number of
cubic units to fill a prism.